More motorcycle art from Varese, Italy, this time the MV Agusta Superveloce Arsham. A collaboration between MV Agusta and artist Daniel Arsham, only six units of the Superveloce Arsham will be made for sale. Arsham, based in New York, is known for his signature erosion technique creating his works of art. Characterised by his combination of architecture and art, Arsham makes architecture do this it is not supposed to do with simple yet paradoxical gestures such as a billowing facade or figure wrapped in a wall.
The Superveloce Arsham is clad in white,
Arsham’s signature colour. This includes the entire Superveloce, including
frame, bodywork, wheels and other accessories with the side of the fairing,
tail piece and seat cowl bearing Arsham’s erosion art technique. Based on the
MV Agusta Superveloce 800, power comes from a triple-inline, liquid-cooled,
12-valve, DOHC mill with titanium intake and exhaust valves displacing 798 cc.
Output is claimed to be 147 hp at 13,000 rpm with a peak torque of 88 Nm at
10,100 rpm.
Engine power goes through a slipper clutch
equipped six-speed gearbox and chain final drive to the rear wheel. Brembo does
the braking with radial-mount four-piston callipers, grabbing twin 320 mm
diameter floating brake discs with the rear wheel stopped by a two-piston
calliper and 220 mm disc while Continental MK100 cornering ABS is standard.
Suspension in front of the Superveloce
uses 43 mm diameter Marzocchi upside-down forks, fully-adjustable, with 125 mm
of fork travel. Meanwhile the rear end is held up with a Sachs monoshock, also
fully-adjustable, with 130 mm of travel. 16.5-litres of fuel is carried in the
tank while dry weight is claimed to be 173 kg. Seat height is set at 830 mm off
the ground.
